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we bought our first home and finally got moved in last week.

we handed our keys back to our former landlord last week and all seemed well

. i asked via messenger when we were going to get our bond back and he is refusing to give us it back due to damp caused by a leaking gutter.

we knew we had problems with damp and he was made aware of this.

after we asked for our bond back, he has since given multiple excuses for not giving it us back.

he's trying to charge me for a faulty light fitting that he installed before we moved in, leading peeling off from the inside of double glazing unit in 1 room, and on top of this, he wants us to pay to have the walls plastered due to the damp.

where do i start?

are we due to our bond back or not?

 

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26 minutes ago, waterlicked said:

short answer is i have no idea. we moved into the property in december 2017 and paid 400 rent and 400 bond in cash to the landlord.

 

 

Well if your rental is that recent, I would say the deposit should have been protected. What does your paperwork from 2017 say and is there agency involved please?

 

HB

Illegitimi non carborundum

 

 

 

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no agency involved, we saw it on facebook.

we did have an agreement on paper somewhere.

we are still dealing with the aftermath of moving house so i will try to find the original paperwork asap

winner winner chicken dinner! got the original document in hand.

paid original rent and deposit on 11/11/2017

i've tried to find if my deposit was protected but i'm unable to find it on deposit protection scheme, my deposits, or tenancy deposit scheme. my landlord is refusing outright to return our deposit.

im getting bombarded by messages from him about us paying for the plastering to be redone,

he's claiming some electrical problems need sorting even though everything is exactly the same as when we moved in,

then he says the bathroom carpet is unusable,

and the final insult, he's saying he's had to spend all week cleaning it even though our last job there was to give the place a full top to bottom clean.

is there anything i can do?

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Have you checked on the following ...?   Did you rent through a letting Agency ?

 

https://www.depositprotection.com/im-a-tenant/id-like-some-renting-guidance/where-s-my-deposit/

 

 

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didn't go through any letting agency and yes i have checked that site.

i can find no evidence of him protecting my deposit.

i have spoken to citizens advice and they have pointed me in the right direction.

we are entitled to our deposit back as all the things wrong with the property are the landlords responsibility,

however, cab also told me that if they have not protected my deposit as they are legally required to do

, i can claim compensation on top of our bond.

they sent me a link to print and fill in form n208.

could i do this through the mcol service instead, or does it have be by paper version?

 

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We could do with some help from you.

PLEASE HELP US TO KEEP THIS SITE RUNNING EVERY POUND DONATED WILL HELP US TO KEEP HELPING OTHER

 

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wonder what happened?

 

dx

 

please don't hit Quote...just type we know what we said earlier..

DCA's view debtors as suckers, marks and mugs

NO DCA has ANY legal powers whatsoever on ANY debt no matter what it's Type

and they

are NOT and can NEVER  be BAILIFFS. even if a debt has been to court..

If everyone stopped blindly paying DCA's Tomorrow, their industry would collapse overnight... 

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